Colman Domingo’s star power galvanizes new film, ‘Sing Sing’

Director Greg Kwedar, Colman Domingo, Jane Fonda, Clarence Maclin attend A24’s Sing Sing Screening hosted by Jane Fonda, London Hotel in Los Angeles, Sat Jan 4, 2025 Following his Oscar-nominated turn as the civil rights leader in Rustin (2023), Colman Domingo is back in the awards spotlight this year with Sing Sing. The critically acclaimed ...
Charming ‘Moving On’ cast has celebratory premiere-party

the great lily tomlin The new comedy from Roadside Attractions, produced, written, and directed by Paul Weitz (About a Boy; executive producer of Pinocchio) concerns Claire (Jane Fonda) and Evelyn (Lily Tomlin), two estranged friends who meet at the funeral of a third. The two ladies cart decades of baggage — and its not by ...
‘Exuberant’ Peter Fonda, remembered by film historian Scott Eyman
Aug
19
2019

peter fonda, scott eyman, tcm fest 2015 Ed. note: A personal reminiscence of the recently departed actor by the biographer of his father, Henry Fonda. Scott Eyman contributes this anecdote to the blog: I was drinking a Coke in the Green Room when Peter Fonda walked in with a drink – a martini with an ...
Hank & Jim & Scott bring new book to Los Angeles
Oct
29
2017

In his new book,“Hank and Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart,” New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman tells the story of the remarkable friendship of two Hollywood legends who, though different in many ways, maintained a close friendship that endured. Henry Fonda and James Stewart were two of Hollywood’s biggest ...
Fonda & Friend feted by Pasadena Playhouse
Mar
16
2016

The inestimable Jane Fonda, two times an Oscar winner and an inspirational figure to many women, together with her significant other, record producer Richard Perry, will be honored at an annual fundraiser at the historic Pasadena Playhouse. Billed as “the best party in Pasadena,” this happy occasion merits a wish, You go girl! And you ...
Hollywood royalty, the Fonda family
Apr
28
2013

Concurrent to her own hand-and-foot print ceremony at the erstwhile Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, now called TCL Chinese Theatre, Jane Fonda and her brother Peter paid a visit to their Dad’s sidewalk square. Fonda père cemented his Hollywood legacy with an enduring note to the theme-theater’s original owner/developer: “To Sid, A Great Guy, Henry ...
Cocktail correction!
Feb
27
2011

arts·meme wishes to correct a regrettable error in the story below, in which we wrongly accused Ms. Fonda of not drinking. This is untrue: She was! Concerning the beverage in question, sources at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art inform us: It was a martini in that plastic glass – take-out from the Patina ...
A martini with Jane Fonda 2
Feb
26
2011

“If you’d had the day I’ve had, you’d be drinking a martini,” said Jane Fonda, as she entered LACMA’s Bing Theater, speaking directly to the audience before taking her seat on stage. She was slated for a conversation prior to the screening of Alan Pakula’s marvelous thriller “Klute,” the actress’s breakthrough dramatic role from 1971. Still ...
Valentine’s Day movie date
Feb
2
2011

There’s a good Valentine’s Day selection at the movies this year. For the unabashedly romantic, Bogie and Ilsa will always have Paris at Cinefamily on Fairfax Boulevard — the Champs-Elysees of Los Angeles. Further down Fairfax, at LACMA, “Klute,” a hard-nosed film about a harder-nosed call girl follows film critic Kenneth Turan’s in-person Jane Fonda interview. This should ...